From technology breakthroughs to company splits, from exiting company executives to new technology debuts, CRN takes a look at the news stories that captured our attention in the first half of the year.

CEO Vince DeLuca on Wednesday said the company's $42 million acquisition of regional solution provider superstar MCPc is the first of a number of acquisitions and investments aimed at making it a services-driven titan.

Seven major vendors lost key channel executives, three channel executives got big promotions and five solution providers named a new corporate or regional CEO in the first half of 2015. Here's a summary of all the key moves.

Partners say spinning out Boomi and SecureWorks, as suggested recently by Silver Lake Partners -- the private equity firm that owns about 25 percent of Dell -- could be a good move for the Round Rock, Texas, company.